It seems to me that institutional knowledge (IK) is like common sense. Much as there is rarely anything ‘common’ about common sense so is there rarely anything remotely ‘institutional’ about institutional knowledge. Most often, IK is the province of your more rabid ivory-tower, b-school types who use IK as an excuse to justify chairing more…
PARADE All-America and hyperlocal sports
PARADE has their All-America sports program. They cover high school football, basketball, soccer; both women's and men's as applicable. All-America surveys athletes throughout the country, selects the best and brightest, and profiles a bunch of them. More than a few Names appreciate their selections as PARADE All-Americans. High school sports has always had the Golden…
The Next Netbooks
From TechCrunch: Small screens, small keyboards and underpowered hardware make for a less than stellar Netbook user experience ... users will download Jolicloud to their Netbooks and then install it. Whatever operating system and software is on the computer will be wiped off, and replaced with a stripped down Linux operating system and custom browser.…
Parking meters and When Technology Helps
Parking meters, like turnstiles on the subway, used to be hardy, mechanical things. You put a coin in, the coin bit a cog's tooth, you turned. They worked and stood up to use and weather. photo credit: viZZZual.com Most parking meters are now computers. Even in small towns, the computers now dispense tickets, read magnetic…